In Texas, for Texans, it's "all guns, all the time." We know/knew that, right?
Now, they're out-doing themselves.
They want the highest speed limit in the nation:
Texas House backs plan to allow 85 mph speed limit
AUSTIN (AP) — The Texas House approved a bill that would allow the speed limit on some highways to be raised to 85 mph, which would be the highest in the nation.
The Senate is considering a similar bill.
Forget the safety issues.
Forget the fact that it burns up more gas.
It's Texas, where they want the biggest, the baddest and now the fastest.
It reminds me of the Oscar Wilde quote: "Nothing succeeds like excess."
Except Texans wouldn't be having anything of Oscar Wilde.
Well, except maybe in Austin.
Have a great weekend, y'all.
Link to original story: http://www.mywesttexas.com/top_stories/article_74c00fdc-61ff-11e0-beba-001cc4c002e0.html
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There are areas of Texas where this isn't exactly unreasonable. No real wildlife, no turns, just flat open highway with nearly limitless visibility. Not to mention, no people to speak of.
In west texas specifically, speed is enforced by aircraft and the cops generally just try to slow people down as they try to move through...
In those areas, 85 wouldn't be unreasonable.
But the police, highway patrol and other authorities think differently, as they've said. It's less safe and it burns more energy.
It doesn't make sense.
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